What did your teammate do before landing a GP2 drive? Giedo: F3000 Diego: You did what? Giedo: No, you did. Diego: I did what? Giedo: F3000… before GP2 you know. Diego: Ah! I didn’t listen to the question! Giedo: It’s started you know. Diego: Sorry (Laughs). You were in World Series by Renault. What are his greatest strengths? Giedo: High Speed corners. Diego: Slow speed corners… (Laughs) If we put everything together we win everything! What are his weaknesses? Giedo: That’s a good one… (He thinks) I think sometimes he forgets some stuffs. Diego: Like what? Giedo: Like the question you know! (Laughs) Diego: I don’t know… I have no idea. I haven’t seen a weakness yet. Who gets the latest to the track? Diego: We always come together. Giedo: So we are never later or earlier. Sometimes, we even hold hands. Diego: (Laughs) I arrived nine minutes late to the signing session this morning, but I followed the GPS. It’s sh*t! “In one hundred meters, turn right”. I turn you know. I think it knows better than me. Then I get stuck in traffic. Boom! I’m late. Who is the wildest on track // off track? Giedo: Diego… Diego: On track? Giedo: No, on track, there’s not a lot of difference between the two of us. But off track, you are the wildest. Diego: No! You are much crazier than me. Maybe because you are Dutch… I think we talk too much. It’s true, but it’s ok. Giedo: We are not so wild on track. Diego: Yeah, not like… I’m not gonna say! (Laughs) Who is the most successful with the ladies? Diego: We are both almost married you know. Giedo: So we are not looking for girls. Diego: We are still both successful. My girlfriend is nice so we are both lucky. Giedo: I got together with my girlfriend six years ago and you have been with yours for five… So… When I finished Go Kart I had some time off and I met her and we are together still. Who will have the nicest car in ten years? Diego: The best car? Hmm… Giedo: You never know. Diego: Giedo wants an airplane! Giedo: I would like to be in a F1 in ten years and in one of the top teams of course! Diego: Same. Who will have the most beautiful wife in ten years? Giedo: Me! Diego: I hope me! But I already know that mine will be the loudest though! I swear! Put two Brazilian girls together and it’s like you are in a chicken coop! When my girlfriend’s sister is here with my sister and my girlfriend come to the races, they never shut up! (Laughs) And then you get Valerio sitting there, laughing his loud laugh! Giedo: d’Ambrosio is also bad when it comes to laugh you know. (Both iSport men start imitating Valerio and d’Ambrosio’s laughs) How best would you describe your teammate? Giedo: A good friend Diego: Same. We are similar: we are not shy, we talk a lot. Giedo: For me, it has not been an easy year although it’s going better now. But as a teammate I couldn’t have had a better one. Who has the best fashion sense? Giedo: Me. Diego: No! No way! I’m sorry, but I have to reveal that you wear pink underwear all the time! And you like to show them! It hurts the eyes! Giedo: Whenever I change and you walk in on me, it’s true you do get a little bit scared of my choice of underwear. Diego: I took pictures. You want them for the blog? I mean it’s pink! You have to take a picture or no one will believe you! I mean, he was checking the data in his underwear! I have at least five pictures. Giedo: Hey! It’s good fashion to wear pink underwear. In Holland, we have good and big brands like McGreggor. Diego: In Brazil, we have the sun. We don’t need clothes… Who is the shyest? Diego: Nobody! Giedo: I think I am less than you. Diego: No. I’m worse than you? Giedo: You have to know people first. You are always shy in front of the camera. Diego: No, I’m only pretending to be serious! Or else people will ask “Who is this crazy person?” Who is your favourite sportsman? Sportswoman? Diego: Can I say Senna? Giedo: For me Lance Armstrong. Diego: Bolt! And woman? The Brazilian girl married to Pizzonia: Maureen Maggi. She’s very good. She won the Olympics. Giedo: I don’t watch women’s sports. Who tells the most jokes? Giedo: I think it’s 50/50. I tell bad jokes all the time! Diego: You like to joke with me. Our first test in Barcelona, I was having a yogurt and he told me: “Did you smell that? It smells really bad; I think it’s not good anymore”. So I smelled it and he spread it all over my face. He did the same to my girlfriend with some ice cream! Giedo: Yeah… It’s a bad joke. Diego: But we are working on how to get him back. Diego, if you were to invite Giedo to dinner, what would you cook? Same for Giedo? Diego: Ah! I was expecting this question! Giedo: I think I would not cook Italian because that’s what we eat at the track… Probably some Dutch food. My girlfriend can cook also Japanese or Chinese. I know how to cook eggs! Diego: Popcorn, eggs… I Giedo: Or a Panini. Diego: I would cook feijoada. It’s like black beans with some pork in the middle and caipirinha! Giedo: That’s not food. Diego: But to us it’s typical food! And rice… And Brazilian stuff. Giedo: I’ll have a beer. Who has the most contacts in their phone? Giedo: Diego has two phones so he wins. Diego: I think I have 18… Wait… I have two phones. (Diego takes out both phones out of his pocket) Diego: I have the same contacts in both phones. (Giedo also checks his phone) Giedo: I’m sure we will lose to Karun Chandhok no matter what. I have 333. Diego: How can you see? (Giedo helps him out) Diego: I have… 58! (Both laugh. Diego checks his other phone) Diego: No, look I have more than that in this phone. (As he scrolls down) A, B, C, D, E… It has to be more than 50… Ah! 170. That’s better! Giedo: It says you have 900 voice mails. Diego: No! It’s the number to call the voice mail stupid! Giedo: “This is Vodaphone. You have 900 voice mails” (Both laugh) Giedo: I like to make fun of you. Diego: Yeah, that’s painful! (Checks again his phone) Diego: I have 170. That’s good now… So how many did you say Chandhok has? Giedo: Over a thousand. Diego: What? How is that possible? No, seriously. I need to give him my phone. Or maybe he already has it! I’m gonna go around the paddock and go “Hi! I’m Diego. Can I have your phone number?” to everyone. I hope this will help me beat him. Giedo: I don’t care. As long as I beat him on the track! Diego: Ok, but I have twitter and maybe I have more followers than him!
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What did your teammate do before landing a GP2 drive? Alvaro: I think he did World Series, but maybe not all of it. And Formula 3 in England for sure. Karun: I did two weekends in World Series… Alvaro raced in F3 in 2003. I sat on the grid next to him. And he did World Series in 06 and then he won in 07. I should get more points because I know more… I totally kicked his arse on that one Alvaro: No! I was only getting started… What are his greatest strengths? Alvaro: He is earlier on track, for sure (Laughs). And during the races, he is very consistent. Karun: I think, Alvaro’s greatest strength is how he can just wake up and five minutes later be on the track and be super fast! Can you tell us the story of your pole position in 07 in Monaco? Alvaro: (Laughs) I got confused with the schedule… I got in quite a bit late and everyone was already lined up and putting their helmets on. I had to change in the pitlane. My boots were in the pitlane, but some things were missing. It was a bit of a mess. But at the end, we did a great job so… (Laughs) What are his weaknesses? Karun: Probably, maybe in the races more than in qualifying, he is very quick on one lap… He is mega. Maybe he is not as quick during the races, maybe. Alvaro: Well… This year, maybe in qualifying, Karun wasn’t as strong as last year in some places… But even though, most qualifying sessions, we managed to be in the top so… Karun: Unless we have a problem, we are always between one or two tenths from the pace. We haven’t been the luckiest pair. Who gets the latest to the track? Karun: (Laughs) Alvaro: Well, excuse me, but in Valencia, I arrived before Karun… Karun: I couldn’t believe it! He called me. It was the first time ever! I got to the track and saw him there already. I really thought that he’d slept there at night: it was impossible otherwise! I’m sure he didn’t change the time zone on his alarm. Alvaro: I thought we were going to have more traffic on the way over, but no (Laughs) Who is the wildest on track // off track? Karun: I don’t know. It depends… If you look at the end of season party last year? It was probably me. If you look at the rest of the year, probably him. Alvaro: He enjoys the occasional glass of wine more than me… That’s all I’m going to say on the subject (Laughs) Karun: The last time I was in Portugal, we went out for dinner. Some of us went to bed after dinner. Some of us went to Portimao after dinner… and came back at five in the morning. I will not say who was who, but I will say this: I was in bed! (Laughs) On track, I would say we are even in terms of wilderness. Alvaro: This year, for me, it’s been a bit crazy. I think I made only one big mistake and another small one in Monaco. But the rest has been people hitting me. I haven’t had a great year so far. We should be more in front. Anyway, that doesn’t change anything… The year has been difficult and we lost a lot of points through no fault of our own. Karun: People crash into you and I have mechanical gremlins… We should have had three more points, that’s for sure. And there were stupid incidents as well. But, there you go. We are definitely the unluckiest pair of the grid. Alvaro: We should be a lot more in front. Who is the most successful with the ladies? Karun: Alvaro Alvaro: I have no idea… Karun: You are a smooth talker. Alvaro: Oh and you are not? (Laughs) I’m a low profile person. I’ve heard some stories regarding Karun… But I will not tell! Who will have the nicest car in ten years? Karun: I don’t know… I want the world’s fastest Fiat 500. That’s what I want. When I make money, that’s the first thing I’m going to buy. The world’s fastest Fiat 500… It will be mega. I could drive from Brackley to Spa in less than five hours. Alvaro: And you will also have a lot of tickets. Karun: Yes. Alvaro: For me, right now, if I could buy a car, I would buy a sporty diesel – something like a BMW. I really like them. That’s what I would do right now. I had a non-diesel car. I loved it, but I was constantly at the petrol station, filling it up. Karun: I’m driving a diesel Volvo at the moment for the same reason! 450 miles with one tank. Happy day! Who will have the most beautiful wife in ten years? Karun: We should let Alvaro’s girlfriend answer that one (Laughs) Alvaro: I was going to say that (Laughs)! Karun: I don’t even know if I’m going to be alive in ten years…! How best would you describe your teammate? Karun: Chilled out! I have never met a racing driver that chilled out in my life… Alvaro: Hard worker. True professional. That’s the best way to describe Karun. And very popular with everyone. He is always happy and talking to everyone. He is very nice. I’m not (Laughs) Who has the best fashion sense? Karun: We are always wearing team shirt and shoes! I think your question should be “Who has the best fashion sense: Alexa or Dave?” Alvaro: Yeah! (Laughs) Karun: Outside the track, it’s tee-shirt, shorts and flip-flops for me. Alvaro: Same here… Who is the shyest? Karun: It’s not me! (Laughs) Alvaro: You think I’m shy? Karun: Compared to me… Alvaro: Oh then yes. Compared to you, anybody is shy! Who is your favourite sportsman? Sportswoman? Karun: Lance Armstrong and Alain Prost. As a kid I was a Prost fan which became a bit of an issue last year when I had the conversation with Bruno (Laughs) Alvaro: I really like to watch Cristiano Ronaldo play. And in motor racing, I don’t have a big idol, but I always loved watching Senna race, and Patrese too. Federer in tennis is also very impressive. He is not as fit as Nadal, but he uses the power differently Karun: True. To stay at the top year after year… He is a real hero. Who tells the most jokes? Karun: Alvaro. Alvaro: No, no. It’s Karun. Karun: Alvaro is quite funny, really. Yesterday, I was changing my visor. I got the dark visor and he comes up to me and says: “It’s raining again”. So, I spend another ten minutes getting the rain visor ready. And of course, it was bright and sunny outside. Alvaro: Sorry… (Laughs) But Karun has an English humour. It’s quite entertaining. Karun, if you were to invite Alvaro to dinner, what would you cook? Same for Alvaro? Karun: Portuguese are not very good with curry. Alvaro: Yes, please, no curry. Nothing spicy… Karun: My chicken curry is very good. I cook all the time. I make fajitas too. Alvaro: Oh! Fajitas! Karun: Ok, I will make you fajitas… To be honest, it’s not difficult to cook curry. I make everything from scratch. I love cooking curries. My dad always brings me some spices to England every time I run out. Alvaro: I’ll pretend to cook Karun a meal, but actually I would have gotten it from somewhere! Some codfish… I’ll order a good Portuguese meal (Laughs) Who has the most contacts in their phone? Karun: Should we check? Alvaro: Yeah! (Both run to their phones and check) Alvaro: Where can you see that? Karun: I’ve got 1558. Alvaro: Jesus! One thousand how many? Karun: 558 Alvaro: Ok, well then, there is no need to check mine! (Karun helps Alvaro find the number in the Portuguese’s phone) Karun: 687… Alvaro: I lose… Big time! |
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